MRP Wave ring review
Chain-retaining ring that stands out from the crowd
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MRP’s new Wave ring is the brand’s answer to the chain-retaining chainring. But unlike the narrow/wide herd, it uses a distinctive design to keep the chain on.
Rather than just using teeth of an interchanging shape and width, the Wave Ring also uses a unique pattern that offsets the teeth in a similarly alternating pattern. MRP claims that as it comes into contact with the chain, the design forces the links down against the ring, with each link receiving equal force but from opposing sides.
This process not only helps shed mud – because there’s additional space between each tooth – but also delivers one of the quietest chainrings we’ve so far tried.
Another significant advantage of this direct-mount chainring is its weight, or more accurately, the lack of it. Weighing 60g (32t tested), it represents a significant weight saving of 70g over a 32t SRAM X-Sync ring and spider that it replaced. Which can only be applauded.
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Olly can trace his obsession with off-road cycling back to his childhood in the Borders, yet it wasn’t until he discovered Mountain Biking UK magazine that his obsession with bikes truly took root. He eventually found find himself as Staff Writer on his favourite mag. Today, Olly’s contributing to BikeRadar once again, tapping into his encyclopedic knowledge of all things off-road and occasionally radical. Away from his laptop, Olly would prefer to find himself in the woods, bouncing between rocks, roots and ruts getting into all manner of mischief on his trusty Transition Sentinel.
